Lot 49
Lot 49
TWO FLYERS FOR DJ KOOL HERC EVENTS AT THE HEVELOW

KENNETH BYRD, [1975]

Price Realised USD 35,280
Estimate
USD 2,000 - USD 3,000
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TWO FLYERS FOR DJ KOOL HERC EVENTS AT THE HEVELOW

KENNETH BYRD, [1975]

Price Realised USD 35,280
Price Realised USD 35,280
Details
A Thanksgiving Jam at the Hevelow … Rock with D.J. Kool Herc and Coke La Rock … Wed, Nov. 2…. [New York, 1975]. [With:] The Hevelow … Coke La Rock …Kool D.J. Herc … Christmas Eve $2:00 Christmas Night $3:00 New Year's Night from 9 Until Sunrise $5:00 Must be looking Jazzy…. [New York, c.1975].

Two flyers from the early parties at the Hevelow. Herc began expanding beyond the rec room parties at 1520 Sedgwick and nearby Cedar Park in 1975, hosting Thanksgiving and Christmas Parties at the Hevelow on Jerome Avenue near Burnside Avenue. These are some of the very few flyers in the collection to feature both Kool Herc and his first M.C., Coke La Rock.

Photocopy process on paper.
11 1/2 x 8 in. ea.
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